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WHITTIER >> In the last episode of Hulu’s TV series “East Los High,” Ceci’s boyfriend proposed to her. That brought a Wise Entertainment production crew to Whittier on Thursday to shoot scenes at Illusion Bridal & Tuxedo, 12918 Hadley St.

In the end, it was Cris Collinsworth gasping for air. The incredulous reaction by the NBC Super Bowl XLIX game analyst after witnessing the unpredictable finish to New England’s 28-24 triumph over Seattle on Sunday night is likely to hang over the Arizona desert like a quote bubble for the ages.

MALIBU >> There’s no indication Bruce Jenner was being chased by paparazzi who were nearby when the SUV he was driving became involved in a four-vehicle crash that killed a woman, authorities said Saturday.

Ron Naveen went from government lawyer to penguin counter. Twenty-one years ago, he traded his cubicle at the EPA for a skiff in the frigid Antarctic. He put down his pen and took up a hand clicker and as the saying goes, the rest is history.

COMPTON — Former rap music mogul Suge Knight pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and attempted murder charges before complaining of chest pain and being rushed to a hospital. No further information about his condition was immediately available, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Officer John Gardner said.

LOS ANGELES >> A 911 recording was released Thursday in which a shaken witness reported seeing two men run over in Compton after a fight — an incident that led to murder and other charges against former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight.

An attorney for Justin Bieber says he is making good progress on the community service and counseling ordered in a vandalism case filed after the pop star pleaded no contest to egging his neighbor’s Calabasas house.

A prosecutor Monday signaled she will strongly fight to keep rap impresario Marion “Suge” Knight behind bars while he is facing murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run charges for allegedly running down two men in Compton on Jan.

LOS ANGELES - One-time rap impresario Marion “Suge” Knight was receiving hospital treatment today, authorities said. Knight, 49, was taken to a hospital Tuesday for treatment of reported chest pains after a court hearing in Compton, where he pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run for allegedly running down two men in Compton, killing one and injuring the other.

LOS ANGELES — Gangsta rap impresario Marion “Suge” Knight was ordered today to be held without bail in the Men’s Central Jail as he awaits a Tuesday court appearance on suspicion of murder, authorities said.

Saxophone player Mindi Abair walked the Grammy red carpet Sunday afternoon, ready to celebrate her nomination for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, but it was a bittersweet moment. The beloved saxophone that she performed her album “Crazy Heart” with was stolen from her car during a 5 minute stop to get pizza in Hollywood on Jan.

LOS ANGELES — Paris Hilton’s younger brother surrendered to federal authorities in Los Angeles today to face a charge of “assaulting and intimidating” attendants and crew on an international flight last summer.

“The Night Alive” is about as Irish as they come. In the play opening Feb. 11 at the Geffen Playhouse, Irish-American actor Paul Vincent O’Connor portrays a 50-something on a sidetrack in his life — he’s estranged from his wife and children, his business has gone bust and he’s renting out a room in his uncle’s house in modern-day Dublin while he ekes out a living doing odd jobs that aren’t always on the up-and-up.

LOS ANGELES — Finding that she had stopped participating in the case and ignored court orders, a judge today dismissed a lawsuit by Casey Kasem’s widow alleging that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power had overcharged her for sewer service since 1989.

During the recording of “Mono,” the Mavericks decided to mix the record in monaural sound, the way many of the old records the band listens to for inspiration had been recorded. It’s the kind of quirky move that could have backfired in lesser hands, but the Miami-based country band has the confidence and the smarts to excel in mono, stereo or even quadraphonic.

Lily Blau’s “The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll,” developed in collaboration with Sydney Gallas and now receiving its world premiere at the Theatre at Boston Court in Pasadena, examines the storyline behind Charles Dodgson’s connection to the Liddell family, at least as it might have been.

This spring and summer’s joint tours are being set up and announced, and one of the most highly anticipated are 19 Steely Dan concerts with Elvis Costello as opening act, according to a post on Steely Dan’s Facebook page.

ATLANTA >> Messages of support were being offered all over social media sites Monday as people awaited word on singer Whitney Houston’s daughter, who authorities say was found facedown and unresponsive in a bathtub over the weekend in a suburban Atlanta townhome.

AZUSA >> Juliana Lyons is usually one of the first to hear when her friends have good news. The 19-year-old spent four years as part of John Burroughs High School’s nationally renowned show choir in Burbank, but instead of falling prey to the nastiness of competition, Lyons kept a positive outlook and spread it among her peers.

In the midst of his second deployment, U.S. Navy Lt. Ricky Ryba realized that a dream he thought he’d left behind is still alive. “When you’re on a deployment at sea you’re with 400 sailors, but you’re by yourself,” said Ryba, a Studio City resident.

LOS ANGELES >> Brian Williams said he is temporarily stepping away from the “NBC Nightly News” amid questions about his memories of war coverage in Iraq, calling it “painfully apparent” that he has become a distracting news story.

Joy Villa, an aspiring recording artist, walked the Grammys red carpet on Sunday in a dress made from recyclable fencing material that can be found at construction sites. The material left little to the imagination, but Villa did cover up the important parts with pasties and nude laced underwear.

Women make up nearly 51 percent of the U.S. population and 40 percent of the workforce but constitute just 13.7 percent of the directors of the Directors Guild. They direct 14 percent of TV, less than 10 percent of all features and less than 5 percent of studio features.

The High Times Cannabis Cup is back, kicking off this year’s season of medical marijuana-themed events at the National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino. But even with five other marijuana-centric events planned at the San Bernardino center, plus a marijuana-themed 5K walk later this year, San Bernardino resident William Cioci, president of the Brownie Mary Democratic Club of San Bernardino County, said that the Cannabis Cup has special significance.

Can the “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie bring sexy back to mainstream cinema? By sexy, we mean the kind that comes in just one shade of green: money. With only a handful of exceptions, audiences haven’t flocked to multiplexes to watch movies primarily promoted for their erotic content since the 1990s heyday of “Basic Instinct” and the signature works of Demi Moore (“Indecent Proposal,” “Disclosure,” “Striptease”).

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council rejected a proposal Wednesday for Live Nation to take over operation of the Greek Theatre and suggested instead that the city seek new bids for the management of the Griffith Park concert venue.

MIAMI — Popular Mexican soap opera and movie actress Lorena Rojas has died of cancer in at age 44. Latin World Entertainment talent agency said in a statement that Rojas died Monday in Miami surrounded by loved ones.

LONDON — Iron Maiden says singer Bruce Dickinson has been treated for cancer of the tongue, but hopes to be back to full fitness soon. A statement posted Thursday on the band’s official website says a cancerous tumor was discovered during a check-up in December, and Dickinson has completed a seven-week course of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

LOS ANGELES >> Amy Pascal will step down as co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and head of the film studio, nearly three months after a massive hack hit the company and revealed embarrassing emails.

LOS ANGELES >> Jon Stewart, who turned his biting and free-wheeling humor into an unlikely source of news and analysis for viewers of “The Daily Show,” will leave as host this year, Comedy Central said Tuesday.

Fans screamed a collective “Nooooooo” on social media Tuesday afternoon after they found out Jon Stewart is leaving “The Daily Show” after 16 years. Host of the popular Comedy Central show since 1999, after taking over the helm from Craig Kilborn, Stewart has been known to doggedly interview politicians and provoke the ire of conservatives all while educating — in the most hilarious way — American viewers on everything red, white and blue.

NEW YORK — ESPN and Univision responded angrily Friday after FIFA awarded U.S. broadcast rights to the 2026 World Cup to Fox and NBC’s Telemundo without open bidding. ESPN broadcast six straight World Cups from 1994 through last year, but in 2011 was outbid by Fox, which agreed to pay about $425 million for the 2018 tournament in Russia and the 2022 tournament in Qatar.

My maternal grandfather came to the United States from Naples, Italy, in the early 1920s. He was part of the last big wave of Italian immigrants that came to this country after World War I. In 1924, the U.

“Curious?” the posters for “Fifty Shades of Grey” coyly ask. Whether or not you’re one of the 100 million who bought, and presumably read, E.L. James’ kinky book, the buzz alone surrounding this “Twilight” fan fiction turned international phenomenon is enough to pique the interest of a rock.

“I just want to know what the hell is going on!” Jupiter Jones cries, sounding like a confused teen girl might if her mom was dropping her off at Target instead of the mall. It’s a question that no doubt will be asked by many in the audience long before this point in “Jupiter Ascending,” and one you’d think would have been figured out before a reported $175 million — before marketing — was spent on the original sci-fi action adventure from siblings Lana and Andy Wachowski.

Last Sunday, the New England Patriot’s cornerback was making the game winning play at Super Bowl XLIX in Arizona. This Sunday, Malcolm Butler was walking the red carpet of the Grammy Awards in Downtown Los Angeles.

The 52-year-old “Doctor Who” has long been a staple on United Kingdom television, with generations of children there famously watching from behind the family couch, hiding from the show’s various monsters, robots and aliens.

Komi, a writer and producer on Sam Smith’s Grammy-nominated album “In the Lonely Hour,” says their goal on the album was to get across the real emotion of the songs. “All the songs are really deep, that’s why they resonate with people,” he said.

Joni Mitchell has said more than once that she put the kibosh on Taylor Swift playing her in a biopic. She explained to New York magazine that the real reason she did this was because “I’ve never heard Taylor’s music.

The snow at the Rose Bowl this weekend won’t shut down roads or block access to neighboring parks. Olympic gold medalist Shaun White’s Air + Style festival should cause less delays than a typical UCLA game, according to Pasadena police.

The Aquarian Book Shop was once the place where a who’s who of African-American writers and intellectuals gathered in Los Angeles. Maya Angelou, Angela Davis and Alex Haley were regulars at the long-running store owned by Alfred and Bernice Ligon, who opened the shop in 1941 on South Western Avenue and operated it until its closing in 1994.

Some 150 Oscar nominees descended on the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday for the annual pre-ceremony luncheon. But before the event, most of the acting nominees stopped by the interview room to chat with the press.

As season three of History’s “Vikings” picks up, the warriors are back in their home village and restless for some action. As his children play around him, Floki (Gustaf Skarsgård) laments to his wife, “We are too happy,” sounding like he is in an Ingmar Bergman film.

Walt is dead, so long live Saul? When the acclaimed hit “Breaking Bad,” considered by many one of the greatest dramas in TV history, ended last year, it killed off its anti-hero, science-teacher turned meth dealer Walter White, played brilliantly for five seasons by Bryan Cranston.

NEW YORK >> Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who topped the charts in 1963 at age 16 with her epic song of teenage angst, “It’s My Party,” and followed it up with the hits “Judy’s Turn to Cry,” and the feminist anthem “You Don’t Own Me,” died Monday.

“Kingsman: The Secret Service” is a fond tribute to British gentleman spy shows of the 1960s, a satiric send-up of James Bond, television’s “The Avengers” and the like, and a sometimes ultraviolent update of the durable subgenre.

I have to admit, he creeps me out. Robert Durst has an involuntary need to blink, hard, every few seconds. If it was someone else, the tic might seem endearing, but the wealthy scion of a powerful New York City real-estate family has admitted to dismembering a man, and his wife mysteriously disappeared in 1982.